PhD Courses

PhD Courses Descriptions 2025-2026

Note: 600-level indicates MA, 800-level indicates PhD. Several courses are offered to both MA and PhD students.

PhD-Only Courses FALL

FMST 804 Seminar in Film and Moving Image Culture: Borders, Displacement, Media

Instructor: Farah Atoui
Wednesday 1:15pm-5:15pm

FMST 806 Proseminar l: Film in the Postcolonial Condition

Instructor: Luca Caminati
Monday 1:15pm-5:15pm

PhD-Only Courses Winter

FMST 803 Seminar in Film & Moving Image Theory: Trans and Queer Time and Space

Instructor: Cael M. Keegan
Tuesday 1:15pm-5:15pm

Combined MA/PhD Courses Fall

FMST 622/822 Topics in Digital Media: Global Streaming Cultures

Instructor: Ishita Tiwary
Wednesday 1:15pm-5:15pm

FMST 635/835 Topics in Aesthetics & Cultural Theory: Sensory Media Ethnography

Instructor: Josh Neves
Thursday 1:15pm-5:15pm

FMST 640/840 Topics in Film Genres: Repurposing Gender Media

Instructor: Rosanna Maule
Tuesday: 1:15pm-5:15pm

Combined MA/PhD Courses WINTER

FMST 632/832 Topics in National Cinemas: American Cinema of the 1950's

Instructor: Catherine Russell
Thursday 8:45-12:45

FMST 635/835 Topics in Aesthetic Cultural Theory: Global Popular Film and Media

Instructor: Masha Salazkina
Monday 1:15pm-5:15pm

FMST 660/860 Topics in Film Directors: Comparative Style Analysis - Hitchcock and Welles

Instructor: John Locke
Tuesday 1:15pm-5:15pm